Safiyah Neferet vs. Aspasia El-Shenawy - Dance of the Serpents

[BlackAkuma]

The match had started on a friendly note, as Asp’s bouts often did. While she was a wrestler, she tried her best to avoid the sort of aggressiveness that usually came with this sport, and - with the exception of Naga - she had been successful in that endeavor thus far. For someone who’d been doing this for a good while, she had little in the way of rivals and many friends, a track record she was happy with.

She had thought much the same of Safiyah at the start, but as the woman made her way into the ring, she sensed a shift in that notion. There was something about how her foe moved, that look in her mismatched eyes, that spoke of a fire burning underneath. Was it the taunt? She had thrown it out in good spirts, feeling it wasn’t any stinging than the barbs Safiyah had thrown her way before, but it was hard to be sure. Some people took their own medicine better than others.

There was some malice in the woman’s voice when spoke this time, and Asp didn’t miss that her reply was made in English, no longer giving her the courtesy of conversing in their native tongue. She was tempted to ask if Safiyah had been offended and even apologize if it was necessary, but she wasn’t given the chance before the two of them met up again.

Or so she thought. It seemed as if Safiyah was willing to engage, until the woman ducked down and forward, her body moving into a familiar position. The way her leg was curling, her body’s position - Asp recognized it straightway as a move she used, the Scorpion Kick, and that recognition might have been the only thing that allowed her arms to rise in time to block it.

Smacked against her forearms and made her wince, but that was a small price to pay over having it hit her face. As Safiyah brought her leg back, Asp reached and seized her head, pulling it tight under shoulder with a facelock. With her secure, she stood on one leg and brought her other foot up to smack Safiyah in the face, before releasing her and shoving her away.